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David Haraldson

@lostdiarist.bsky.social

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Professional Alter Ego. Manc. Psychogeography, deep maps, hauntology, zines, games, music, art, photography, sci-fi, & horror—& any gubbins that sheds new light on old places. (He/him) Was LostDiarist & MrBlipvert on the Bird Site. GPA, NJ, & VT

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David Haraldson @lostdiarist.bsky.social · Apr 24

Increasingly noticing that the real insurmountable division in the world is not dog or cat owners but Adrian Chiles fans & Adrian Chiles haterz (who secretly wish they were him).

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Jenn Woodall @funeralbeat.bsky.social · 1d

I made a new zine. You can buy it on November 9th at Zine Dump in Toronto, or from my online store if you are not local.

A small zine printed in black ink on light purple paper. The title reads, 'How the Littlest Hobo' and the writings of Sylvia Plath made me reflect on the ideal of freedom as a woman zine'. The cover features an old ornate border, and the german shepard from the Littlest Hobo Canadian TV show.

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David Haraldson @lostdiarist.bsky.social · 23h

Beeteedubs: have we talked about the brilliance of Sally Wainwright’s To Walk Invisible yet?

David Haraldson @lostdiarist.bsky.social · 23h

My Partner-in-Crime has told me Wuthering Heights is a vampire story (a suicide, buried at a crossroads, with lengthened teeth after “death”). And that’s how I intend to read it.

David Haraldson @lostdiarist.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah. These are horror stories. (I am prepared for WH by my Partner-in-Crime.)

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David Haraldson @lostdiarist.bsky.social · 1d

#TFW you read Jane Eyre after years of people telling you it’s a love story.

a white cat with a surprised look on its face is sitting on a bed .

Alt: Head and shoulders photo portrait of a white and gray (mostly white) cat with its mouth agape, as if in shock.

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David Haraldson @lostdiarist.bsky.social · 1d

My first experience with Hammer Horror was via a couple of sets of bubblegum cards in the mid-1970s. These pictures in this blog post look a lot like them. “Shocking Laffs”? Anyone else remember these?
cobwebbedroom.blogspot.com/2008/05/shoc...

'SHOCKING LAFFS' Bubble Gum Cards

Similiar to the American 'You'll Die Laughing' bubble gum cards that came out during the 1960's/70's. 'Shocking Laffs' a.k.a.Shock Theatre w...

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David Haraldson @lostdiarist.bsky.social · 2d

#NowWatching Dracula AD 1972,
#HammerHorror
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Dracula A.D. 1972 - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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InfinitySpiral - Photographer @infinityspiral.bsky.social · 2d

Model: thefanged4
#spooky #horror #occult #witch #halloween

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 7d

"Are my migraines hormonal, or am I thinking too hard about how Peter Thiel has more money than all nurses on Earth combined?"

Is It Perimenopause or the Fascist Death Knell of Late-Stage Capitalism?

Are my hot flashes due to an estrogen imbalance or a rapidly warming planet hastened by unaccountable oil barons who own our elections? Am I irrita...

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Adrian Short @adrianshort.uk · Mar 8

Proponents of genAI say it's going to be a great time saver for everyone, and also that everyone will have to be trained continuously from birth to use it and understand its implications.

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Jon at Handiwork Games @handiworkgames.bsky.social · 6d

Looks like Maskwitches of Forgotten Doggerland is back on the menu, boys. Restocked. Gotta start making lighter books. Getting too old for this "moving boxes of books around" business!

handiwork.games/home/the-sil... #maskwitches

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David Haraldson @lostdiarist.bsky.social · 6d

As someone who is both British & USA-ian, I find the brickbats lobbed by the British at the USA-ians & the brickbats lobbed by the USA-ians at the British
so
very
bloody
tiring.
That is all.

David Haraldson @lostdiarist.bsky.social · 6d

Dear @aclupa.org ,
Is there a replacement for the ACLU Mobile Justice App that you apparently discontinued in Feb 2025?
Thanks!
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ACLU Mobile Justice - Wikipedia

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David Haraldson @lostdiarist.bsky.social · 6d

Why choose? There's always Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid!

David Haraldson @lostdiarist.bsky.social · 6d

Ha! I mean, there's nowt wrong with that.
Britpop me in my late teens & early to mid-twenties. My list would be:

Pulp
My Life Story
David Devant & His Spirit Wife
St. Etienne
Rialto
The Bluetones
The Auteurs
The Smiles
Suede
Radiohead's Creep
The Trainspotting OST album
World of Twists' The Storm

David Haraldson @lostdiarist.bsky.social · 6d

Egads!

King of the Slums
Stump
Motorcrash by the Sugarcubes
The Fall's Brix Smith era! followed by Telephone Thing!

David Haraldson @lostdiarist.bsky.social · 6d

What musical artists do you associate with your coming of age or teen years?

Wedding Present
James
Smiths
Bangles
Tracy Chapman
House of Love
Blue Aeroplanes
Stone Roses
Inspiral Carpets
New Model Army
Phil Ochs

And almost anything heard on Tony Michaelides's / Terry Christian's Key 103 shows. 😉

jwmuk @jwmuk.bsky.social · 6d

What musical artists do you associate with your coming of age or teen years?

Kate Bush (first album)
The Jam
The Style Council (first gig)
Marillion
The Janitors
Prefab Sprout
The Housemartins
Public Enemy
Five Thirty
Daft Punk
The Wedding Present
The Pixies
Galaxie 500
Inspiral Carpets
Beth Orton

Neil Gow @omnihedron.co.uk · 7d

PWEI
Carter USM
Wonder Stuff
Neds
Wedding Present
Pixies
NIN
The Smiths
New Order
The The
REM
House of Love
Dinosaur Jnr
Cud
The Cult
The Mission
Sisters of Mercy

And then at uni, a load of Manchester and Greebo stuff too.

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David Haraldson @lostdiarist.bsky.social · 12d

Sudden urge to buy an inflatable frog, unicorn, or patriotic eagle costume before next weekend. Any recs for something robust enough for streetwear but that won’t break the bank?

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Claire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · 12d

Free, hybrid event 🙏 registration req. 👇

- Stuart Dunn: ‘Can AI be superstitious? The digital future of folklore’
- Vincent Hiribarren: ‘Historian vs AI: who reads & analyses archives best?’
- Stephen Whiteman: ‘What goes in must come out: the possibilities & perils of digital art history and AI’

Stuart Dunn @stuartdunn.bsky.social · 12d

This Wednesday, 18.30 - "Digital Futures of History", featuring, among others, yours truly talking about the future of digital folklore. www.kcl.ac.uk/events/the-d.... An approximate text will go on my blog straight after.

@kings-dfi.bsky.social @kingsdh.bsky.social

The Digital Futures of History | King's College London

Join us in The Digital Futures of History in looking forward to the new ways in which we may soon be looking back.

www.kcl.ac.uk

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David Haraldson @lostdiarist.bsky.social · 12d

Quick thought: people are talking about folk horror & #28YearsLater but is it really only #FolkHorror from the perspective of Erik Sundqvist & his unit?

Folk horror is an outsider's fear of rural traditions? Everyone else is living INSIDE the rural horror paradigm, right? 🧟🧟‍♀️🧟‍♂️

a man is holding a bow and arrow in a forest .

Alt: A long-haired, bearded white man is wearing a quiver of arrows in a forest. He turns his head to look towards the viewer. There’s a caption in the image’s too right corner: #28YearsLater

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David Haraldson @lostdiarist.bsky.social · 13d

Make sure you watch it without the laugh track! (This absolutely IS an option on one DVD boxed set!)

David Haraldson @lostdiarist.bsky.social · 14d

Although the amazing photo with the cat is not (sadly) from Chetham’s.

David Haraldson @lostdiarist.bsky.social · 14d

As a once-and-forever Mancunian, I feel compelled to give a shout to Chetham’s … and its cat doors! #DarkAcademia
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/w...

Where Can You Find the Oldest Cat Door on Earth?

The little opening for felines has a surprisingly long history

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David Haraldson @lostdiarist.bsky.social · 15d

Looking at all the evidence about the environmental & psychological effects of LLM AI, & looking at the way our “leaders” & the numbers of people who have wholeheartedly embraced it, & I am beginning to suspect that Freud’s theory of the Death Drive was more on the money than I ever realized.

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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 15d

Tony Harrison’s Eumenides, the final play of The Oresteia trilogy by Aeschylus, 1981, at the National Theatre, London, UK.
#drama #theater #poetry
Photograph: Donald Cooper/Alamy

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